And when instinct disguises itself as intuition, it can lead us to misread situations, damage relationships, and make choices ...

How exactly does a newly-hatched spider weave a perfect web that is characteristic of his or her species—without ever even having seen such a web, let alone having been trained to spin one? How do ...

A stroll through the world of animals and men : a picture book of invisible worlds / Jakob von Uexküll -- Companionship in bird life : fellow members of the species as releasers of social behavior / ...

Animals rely on instinctive behaviors to respond quickly to threats and opportunities. These automatic reactions, crucial for survival and reproduction, are typically controlled by brainstem circuits ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience.View full ...

Individual differences in behavior and their genetic basis / Jerry Hirsch -- Neurological aspects of insect behavior / V.G. Dethier -- Behavior and genetics / William C. Dilger -- Dominance and ...

Leaning into our instinct to solve problems and make decisions is nothing new. Leading academics have long debated it, bestsellers have been written on it (see Gary Klein’s seminal The Power of ...

For an organ that weighs a mere three pounds, your brain does a great deal of heavy lifting. Think of it as your internal, predictive machine. Its intelligence and limitations are derived from ...

ANSWER: The bone-burying dog is reverting to the behavior of its ancient ancestors. Burying bones is a survival instinct learned thousands of years before wolves were domesticated and developed into ...